Mysteries in the classroom / Nancy J. Polette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polette, Nancy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's stories, American--Study and teaching.

Children's stories, American.

Detective and mystery stories, American--Study and teaching.

Detective and mystery stories, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Celebrated author Nancy Polette offers a complete mystery literature guide for primary, intermediate, and middle school mysteries.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; National Standards for Reading, Language Arts, and Social Studies; Part One: Strategies for Any Mystery; Summarizing Events; I Have/Who Has Game; Evaluation; Applying the Strategies; Introducing the Series: Hidden Titles; Answers to Hidden Titles; Part Two: Mystery Literature Guides; Grade One; Vocabulary Match; A Pre-Reading Journal; Questions to Think About; Learn About Pigs, Goats, and Rabbits; Activity: Alliteration; Phonics Songs; Take a Poll; Catch the Clue; The Farm; Grades Two and Three; Pre-Reading Vocabulary Activities

Pre-Reading Journal Sentence StartersHigher Order Questions; Similes; About Feelings; A Character-Writing Pattern; A Game for Two; Grades Four through Six; Introducing Vocabulary; Anticipation Guide; Discussion Questions; About Dollhouses; About Dollhouses Acrostic; Fact or Fiction?; Obituaries; Activity: Aunt Clare's Attic; Superstitions; A Writing Project: What's Really Scary?; Part Three: Favorite Mystery Series and Authors; Reading Guide for Mysteries; Series; Introducing the I Can Read Mysteries; Introducing the Flatfoot Fox Series; Introducing the Nate the Great Series

More Nate the Great TitlesIntroducing the Cam Jansen Mysteries; Try These Cam Jansen Mysteries; Animal Detectives; Introducing the Sebastian (Super Sleuth) Mysteries; Sebastian (Super Sleuth) Mysteries Hidden Titles Key; More Sebastian (Super Sleuth) Mysteries; Introducing the Hank the Cowdog Series; Introducing the A to Z Mysteries; A to Z Mysteries Hidden Titles Key; Try These A to Z Mysteries; Introducing the Encyclopedia Brown Series; Try These En cy clo pe dia Brown Mys ter ies; Smarter Than an Encyclopedia; Introducing the Boxcar Children Myster ies; Try These Boxcar Children Mysteries

Introducing the Vesper Holly Mysteries and Other BooksVesper Holly Mysteries and Other Books Hidden Titles Key; Stopping a Crime with Vesper Holly!; Stopping a Crime with Vesper Holly Answer Key; Introducing the Great Brain Series; Try These Great Brain Mysteries; Introducing Books by Jean Craighead George; Books by Jean Craighead George Hidden Titles Key; A Jean Craighead George Ecology Mystery; Jean Craighead George Acrostic; Try These Related Titles by Jean Craighead George; Introducing the Chet Gecko Mysteries; Introducing the Enola Holmes Mysteries; Introducing the Sammy Keyes Mysteries

AuthorsIntroducing Mysteries by Mary Downing Hahn; Mary Downing Hahn Hidden Titles Key; Introducing Mysteries by Peg Kehret; Mysteries by Peg Kehret Hidden Titles Key; Try These Peg Kehret Mysteries; Introducing Mysteries by Joan Lowery Nixon; Lowery Nixon Mysteries Hidden Titles Key; Try These Mysteries by Joan Lowery Nixon; Introducing Mysteries by Willo Davis Roberts; Mysteries by Willo Davis Roberts Hidden Titles Key; How Mean Can You Get?; Try These Books by Willo Davis Roberts; Introducing Mysteries by Betty Ren Wright; Betty Ren Wright Mysteries Hidden Titles Key

Try These Mystery Titles by Betty Ren Wright

Notes:

"A Teacher Ideas Press book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400688980

9781591589310

1591589312

OCLC:

847217735

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798400688980